Originally in C, I play in A capo 2
A |
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya |
D | |
Ber | muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama |
A | D | |
Key | Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go, Ja | maica |
A | Amaj7 | |
Off the Florida | Key | s |
Em7 | D |
There’s a place called | Kokomo |
Dm | A | Bm7 | E7 |
That’s where you | wanna go to get | away from it all |
A | Amaj7 |
Bodies in the | sand |
Em7 | D |
Tropical drink melting | in your hand |
Dm | A |
We’ll be falling in | love to the rhythm of a |
Bm7 | E7 |
Steel drum band |
I usually sing this like “way down in...” and don’t say “kokomo”
A | |
Down in Koko | mo |
A |
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to |
Stay on the 5 of the chord, and do something interesting on “pretty mama”
D | |
Ber | muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama |
A | D | |
Key | Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to | Kokomo |
Come out of falsetto here
Dm | A | |
We’ll | get there fast and then we’ll | take it slow |
F#m | Bm7 |
That’s where we | wanna go |
E7 | A |
Way down in Koko | mo |
A |
Martinique, that Monserrat mystique |
A | Amaj7 |
We’ll put out to | sea |
Em7 | D |
And we’ll perfect our | chemistry |
Dm | A | Bm7 | E7 |
By and by we’ll de | fy a little bit of | gravity |
A | Amaj7 |
Afternoon de | light |
Em7 | D |
Cocktails and | moonlit nights |
Dm | A | Bm7 | E7 |
That dreamy look in your | eye give me a tropical | contact high |
A | |
Way down in Koko | mo |
A |
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to |
D | |
Ber | muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama |
A | D | |
Key | Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to | Kokomo |
Dm | A | |
We’ll | get there fast and then we’ll | take it slow |
F#m | Bm7 |
That’s where we | wanna go |
E7 | A |
Way down in Koko | mo |
A |
Port au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse |
Solo over verse chords if appropriate
A | Amaj7 |
Everybody | knows |
Em7 | D |
A little place like | Kokomo |
Dm | A | Bm7 | E7 |
Now if you | wanna go and get | away from it all |
A | |
Go down to Koko | mo |
A |
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to |
D | |
Ber | muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama |
A | D | |
Key | Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to | Kokomo |
Dm | A | |
We’ll | get there fast and then we’ll | take it slow |
F#m | Bm7 |
That’s where we | wanna go |
E7 | A |
Way down in Koko | mo |